William Penn Life, 2017 (52. évfolyam, 1-12. szám)

2017-12-01 / 12. szám

On Dec. 6, Hungarian children will celebrate St. Nicholas Day by putting their shoes out the night before, hoping to get candy, chocolate or small toys as a reward for being good all year long. Another part of the Christmas season that Hungarians and Americans both enjoy is giving gifts! This month, let's make a fun gift — 3D crayons in fun shapes. You can use one color of crayon if you want to make something like white snowflake crayons. Or, you can use two or more different colors of crayons to create all kinds of fun crayon shapes, like stars, trees or hearts. If you want to make a specific shape, like a Christmas tree, you can use candy molds that you can buy at your local craft store.

What You Need- A grown-up to help you- Crayons, either all one color or of several colors,

depending on what you want to create- A mini-muffin pan or an oven-safe candy mold- An old dish towel

What You Do- Remove the paper labels from the crayons and break the crayons into small pieces.- Arrange the crayon pieces in the mini muffin pan or candy mold. Fill each mold to the top since the crayons will melt down.- Place the pan in an oven, pre-heated to 275 degrees, for 10-13 minutes.- Have a grown-up remove the hot pan from the oven and let it cool for 30 minutes.- Once cool, place the pan in the refrigerator for 10 minutes. If you place the pan in the refrigerator before it's cooled, your crayon shapes may crack because of the extreme temperature change.- Spread the old dish towel on a table. Remove the pan from the refrigerator and hold the pan over the towel. Now, turn the pan upside-down and let the crayon shapes fall onto the dish towel.

Photos of crayons courtesy of Emma's Lunch (www.emmaslunch.com)- Put each crayon shape into a clear plastic bag and tie up with a colorful ribbon and--TA-DA!!--you have made clever, fun and inexpensive stocking stuffers.

14 0 December 2017 0 WILLIAM PENN LIFE